You know how everyone has a dream?

I help them make it real.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Jan Johnston Osburn

Idyllic Notions of Work-Life Balance
For some reason, experts tell us we should have this thing called "work-life balance." At one time I strived for balance, too, and then I realized it was a losing battle.
Most of all, it bored me.
“But, Jan” … “You can’t work yourself to death.”
No, you can’t. That’s not what I’m talking about. Work-life balance is an idyllic notion and ends up creating feelings of inadequacies when we can’t make it work in our own lives.
The problem with the term